Projects tagged
Demonstration & Protest
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Balloons Not Bars
Read more: Balloons Not Bars“Formerly incarcerated people, activists and family members of people detained on Rikers Island released dozens of white balloons into the air from the base of the Rikers Island Bridge. The balloons, each one representing someone who had died at Rikers,…
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In Mexico, Women Go on Strike Nationwide to Protest Violence
Read more: In Mexico, Women Go on Strike Nationwide to Protest ViolenceMEXICO CITY — Tens of thousands of women vanished from streets, offices and classrooms across Mexico on Monday, part of a nationwide strike to protest the violence they suffer and to demand government action against it. The women’s absence from…
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Mainstream Media Is Blowing Its Coverage Of Elizabeth Warren’s DNA Test
Read more: Mainstream Media Is Blowing Its Coverage Of Elizabeth Warren’s DNA TestWASHINGTON ― Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was positioned to make a strong bid for president in 2020, but she infuriated tribal leaders by releasing the results of a DNA test to prove her Native ancestry and now her future is…
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Climate activists bring Trojan horse to British Museum in BP protest
Read more: Climate activists bring Trojan horse to British Museum in BP protestActivists have taken a Trojan horse into the grounds of the British Museum to protest against its sponsorship deal with the oil corporation BP. Protesters dressed as ancient Greek warriors snuck their 13ft-tall wooden horse through a side gate at…
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Protesters Block Access to Private Prison Company’s South Florida Headquarters
Read more: Protesters Block Access to Private Prison Company’s South Florida HeadquartersAt least nine protesters were arrested during a protest Tuesday at Geo Group headquarters — a Florida-based private prison company that operates facilities nationwide. The Geo Group, which also runs adult detention centers for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is…
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LGBT activists ask strangers for hugs in China protest at Weibo censorship
Read more: LGBT activists ask strangers for hugs in China protest at Weibo censorshipA social experiment testing the public’s reaction to gay people in China has gone viral. The blindfolded activists stood in public wearing T-shirts that said “I’m gay would you hug me?” and video of the protest then spread rapidly on…
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DEMAND BETTER HATE CRIMES DATA IN NEW YORK STATE
Read more: DEMAND BETTER HATE CRIMES DATA IN NEW YORK STATEIn New York, laws that are designed to protect vulnerable communities could in fact be harming them. Criminal penalties for hate crimes exist to prevent discrimination, harassment and violence against LGBTQ people, people of color and other marginalized communities. But…
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Thousands of Shoes Honor Hurricane Maria’s Victims in San Juan
Read more: Thousands of Shoes Honor Hurricane Maria’s Victims in San JuanWalking the rows of shoes—favorite slippers, old Army boots, gold stilettos—it’s the baby shoes that stop you cold. Shoes began to fill a plaza opposite Puerto Rico’s Capitol building, and by Sunday morning, there were more than 3,000 pairs, a…
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Invisible Women – A World Designed for Men
Read more: Invisible Women – A World Designed for MenThe problem with feminism is that it’s just too familiar. The attention of a jaded public and neophiliac media may have been aroused by #MeToo, with its connotations of youth, sex and celebrity, but for the most part it has…
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Camp Casey
Read more: Camp CaseyCamp Casey was the name given to the encampment of anti-war protesters outside the Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas during US President George W. Bush’s five-week summer vacation there in 2005, named after Iraq War casualty US Army Specialist…